Richard Hundhausen: The DBAgilistThis is a mirror of Richard Hundhausen's (aka The DBAgilist) blog "Tales from the Doghouse."http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/atom.aspxCommunity Server2008-02-29T09:55:44ZUsing the Kanban Board to Implement a Definition of Readyhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/11/14/using-the-kanban-board-to-implement-a-definition-of-ready.aspx2014-11-14T19:57:29Z2014-11-14T19:57:29ZMore and more teams are adopting a Definition of Ready (also known as DoR or Readiness Criteria) to avoid starting work on PBIs that are ill-defined, such as those that do not have clearly defined acceptance criteria. While some teams can do this implicitly, others want a formal definition to explicitly communicate this working agreement with their......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/11/14/using-the-kanban-board-to-implement-a-definition-of-ready.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56544" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxWhat’s New in the Visual Studio Scrum 2013.4 Process Templatehttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/11/14/what-s-new-in-the-visual-studio-scrum-2013-4-process-template.aspx2014-11-14T14:28:20Z2014-11-14T14:28:20ZMany Visual Studio and .NET announcements were made this week. A minor one was the RTM of Visual Studio 2013 Update 4. This update included improvements and bug fixes to Team Foundation Server 2013. To satisfy my curiosity, as I&#8217;ve done in the past, I wanted to see what&#8217;s new in my favorite process template, so......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/11/14/what-s-new-in-the-visual-studio-scrum-2013-4-process-template.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56545" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxA unique load testing experimenthttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/10/21/a-unique-load-testing-experiment.aspx2014-10-21T22:26:13Z2014-10-21T22:26:13ZMost of the guidance you&#8217;ll find about Visual Studio Ultimate Load Tests suggests that they are only for load testing Web Performance tests. Actually, they can be used to load other types of tests, such as unit tests. I demonstrated this at STARWEST last week. Instead of load testing the execution of a database or other......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/10/21/a-unique-load-testing-experiment.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56546" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxDevelop.Idaho 2014 Videos Publishedhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/05/09/develop-idaho-2014-videos-published.aspx2014-05-09T20:54:38Z2014-05-09T20:54:38ZUpdated 20 May: Added presentations (but no videos) from the &#8220;Business of Software&#8221; track. It took a few extra days to get these produced and published, but they are now on YouTube for your enjoyment. Welcome (Martin Hambalek) Keynote “It’s more than just writing code” (Ryan DeLuca) &#124; “Data-driven decision making” (Dr. Vijay Dialani) &#124;......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/05/09/develop-idaho-2014-videos-published.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56547" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxWhat’s New in the Visual Studio Scrum 2013.2 Process Templatehttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/03/24/what-s-new-in-the-visual-studio-scrum-2013-2-process-template.aspx2014-03-24T20:47:10Z2014-03-24T20:47:10ZI noticed today that the process templates in Visual Studio Online are showing a “.2” suffix in their names. I’m not exactly sure when this update occurred, but am pretty sure it’s related to Visual Studio 2013 Update 2, which is imminent. So, I launched Visual Studio 2013, opened Team Explorer, and downloaded the Microsoft......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/03/24/what-s-new-in-the-visual-studio-scrum-2013-2-process-template.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56548" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxFree TFS 2013 Webinars in March and April 2014http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/03/17/free-tfs-2013-webinars-in-march-and-april-2014.aspx2014-03-18T02:56:50Z2014-03-18T02:56:50ZI noticed that Microsoft Customer Service &#38; Support (CSS) is offering a number of great webinars in the coming days on various TFS and ALM topics &#8230; TFS Release Management Tool (19 March 2014) TFS Work Item Customization (26 March 2014) TFS Migration (2 April 2014) TFS Warehouse and Reports (9 April 2014) TFS Upgrade......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/03/17/free-tfs-2013-webinars-in-march-and-april-2014.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56549" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxThe ProcessTemplateEditorPackage package did not load correctlyhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/02/26/the-processtemplateeditorpackage-package-did-not-load-correctly.aspx2014-02-26T15:55:24Z2014-02-26T15:55:24ZYesterday, while using Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2013 to customize a process template, I ran into this error … As suggested, I checked the ActivityLog.xml, but it didn’t offer anything more than just the message CreateInstance failed for package [ProcessTemplateEditorPackage] … A quick search found only a few posts, with this one being the......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/02/26/the-processtemplateeditorpackage-package-did-not-load-correctly.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56550" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxTFS 2013 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) fails with %TFSServerURLValidated% errorhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/02/14/tfs-2013-best-practices-analyzer-bpa-fails-with-tfsserverurlvalidated-error.aspx2014-02-14T16:16:10Z2014-02-14T16:16:10ZEarlier this week I installed the Team Foundation Server 2013 Power Tools and went to run a BPA scan. It finished very quickly, giving me a couple of strange %TFSServerURLValidated% messages … Viewing the report showed an additional warning “Cannot validate the URL provided”. I double-checked the spelling of my TFS URL, but it was......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/02/14/tfs-2013-best-practices-analyzer-bpa-fails-with-tfsserverurlvalidated-error.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56551" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxUnconfiguring Team Foundation Server 2013http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/02/13/unconfiguring-team-foundation-server-2013.aspx2014-02-13T19:32:12Z2014-02-13T19:32:12ZThis is an update to an older post that I had written for TFS 2010. Here are the steps to unconfigure TFS 2013 … 1. Execute tfsconfig setup /uninstall:all. This should be done from the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 12.0\Tools directory. 2. Drop the Tfs_Configuration, Tfs_Warehouse, and (optionally) any team project collection relational databases. 3.......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2014/02/13/unconfiguring-team-foundation-server-2013.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56552" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxQuality Enablement through Agile Testinghttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2013/11/06/quality-enablement-through-agile-testing.aspx2013-11-06T23:49:29Z2013-11-06T23:49:29ZThank you for attending last week’s Quality Enablement through Agile Testing event put on by Microsoft here in Boise. I hope you had fun exploring the testing tools in Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server. I know that I enjoyed co-presenting with Jason Singh and Steve Lange. I also enjoyed explaining and demonstrating how Lab......(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2013/11/06/quality-enablement-through-agile-testing.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56553" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxSQL Server 2008 Report Builder Availablehttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/10/19/sql-server-2008-report-builder-available.aspx2008-10-19T21:51:12Z2008-10-19T21:51:12ZMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Report Builder 2.0 delivers an intuitive, Office-like report authoring environment enabling business and power users to leverage their experience with Microsoft Office 2007 products. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Report Builder 2.0 supports the full capabilities of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services including: Flexible report layout capabilities of SQL Server 2008 Report Definition Language Data Visualizations including charts and gauges...(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/10/19/sql-server-2008-report-builder-available.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9566" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxBoise SQL Server User Group Presentationhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/09/12/boise-sql-server-user-group-presentation.aspx2008-09-12T22:24:13Z2008-09-12T22:24:13ZThanks to those who attended the second meeting of the Boise SQL Server User Group . We had a good turnout of around 30 people and I hope everyone enjoyed my presentation of SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS). I tried to balance the presentation between those who hadn't used SSIS and those who have. If you are interested in the sample projects, packages, and data files from the talk, here they are....(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/09/12/boise-sql-server-user-group-presentation.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8887" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxBoise SQL Server User Grouphttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/05/01/boise-sql-server-user-group.aspx2008-05-01T16:45:07Z2008-05-01T16:45:07ZThe newly formed Boise SQL Server User Group kicks off its first meeting with Kalen Delaney on June 25, 2008. I'm happy to see a Microsoft SQL Server user group in Boise. It will fit nicely with the other development and SharePoint groups in town. For more information, contact Cindy Gross of Microsoft....(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/05/01/boise-sql-server-user-group.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6558" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxInstalling Team Edition(s) on your Team Foundation Build serverhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/03/19/installing-team-edition-s-on-your-team-foundation-build-server.aspx2008-03-19T15:29:07Z2008-03-19T15:29:07ZIt's generally known that if you want to run any tests, code analysis, or database project build/deployment that you need to install one or more Team Edition of VSTS on your build server. What's not so well known are the licensing ramifications around these scenarios. Fortunately Jeff Beehler , Team System Chief of Staff, has posted on this subject . To summarize: If the users creating the builds are licensed users of the edition in question (or Team Suite), that license extends to Team Foundation...(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/03/19/installing-team-edition-s-on-your-team-foundation-build-server.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5653" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspxPhotos from the Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 Launch in LAhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/02/29/photos-from-the-visual-studio-2008-sql-server-2008-and-windows-server-2008-launch-in-la.aspx2008-02-29T14:55:44Z2008-02-29T14:55:44ZBack home now, and I have a moment to get the photos downloaded from my camera and uploaded to my blog. Next time I'll take my SD card reader with me. As you can see, registration was quite busy. I heard that there were 4000 people there, but didn't count them myself. The long lines delayed the keynote by about an hour: Douglas McDowell and I snuck into the press area. Well, he was officially press (SQL Server Magazine), but I wasn't - still I took more notes than most of the other pressies there....(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rhundhausen/archive/2008/02/29/photos-from-the-visual-studio-2008-sql-server-2008-and-windows-server-2008-launch-in-la.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5354" width="1" height="1">Anonymoushttp://sqlblog.com/members/Anonymous.aspx